Hello,

I have been looking for a way to capture smooth clear graphics on my computer and have tried Camstudio and BB Flashback, and they are ok for capturing an install of software etc where the graphics transition is INFREQUENT, but when trying to capture a video games game play, the video capturinging performance takes a big dive and it gets choppy and very pixelated.

My hardware is a Compaq S6030NX 2.08Ghz AMD Athlon XP 2800+ with a 160GB IDE HD, 2GB Ram, and an 8x AGP GeForce 6200 video card.

Trying to capture say gameplay of World of Warcraft is pretty ugly with both of those FREE video capturing tools.

Is there another software application out there that will do this better, or shoudl I be looking at feeding my video output via dual video out to another system with a video capture card and software for creating AVI's etc?

If I can get this single system to play the game and cappture video smoothly and clearly that would be great.

Hardware wise, the Compaq does not slow down during WOW gameplay, so I dont believe this video capturing quality to be due to my hardware, but rather the sampling rate and quality of the video capturing software.

Thanks,

DaveTry Fraps, it's is not freeware but it is the best software for capturing gameplay footage I've come across.
If gameplay is choppy your hardware isn't up to the task of playing the game and capturing video at the same TIME. Try lowering the graphics settings of the game and SEE if that improves things.I take it you've played with (options > video settings) within CamStudio? try setting it to 100% quality & also change the capture rate to every ** milliseconds.

I found capturewiz quite good (free trial) although I didn't use it to capture gameplay.

Another free one you could try is Freez.

Quote from: DaveLembke on February 27, 2008, 12:31:04 PM

or should I be looking at feeding my video output via dual video out to another system with a video capture card and software for creating AVI's etc?